Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Inflamed vagus nerve

I have some upper-GI discomfort - belching etc, but definitely not the symptoms you have.

Re: vagus nerve, there is a "right vagus" and a "left vagus" that extend into the colon. The area that they felt was inflamed was the right vagus - underneath ribcage, at the transverse colon, slight to the right.

Here is something from a yoga website I just found: "The Vagus Nerve, also known as the tenth Cranial Nerve, originates from the medulla oblongata and touches most of the internal organ: the lungs, the heart, the stomach, the liver, the pancreas, the kidneys, the small and large intestines. The Vagus Nerve runs through the diaphragm. Deep diaphragmatic breathing stimulates the Vagus Nerve and communicates that everything is going to be alright. This in turn has the effect of slowing down the heart, relaxing the bronchi of the lungs, lowering the blood sugar and increasing digestion. Amazing."

Re: massage, interesting that you can't stand pressure, and I crave it! I am very into abdominal massage - I do self massage every evening, and whenever I go do my massage therapist I ask her to do some. Helps me with constipation, gas relief, also just instinctively when I have a cramp I want to rub it. But to each his/her own

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IBS-C, lots of spasm and trapped gas.

Edited by renee21 (12/16/09 06:41 PM)

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